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151 Million People Affected: New Study Reveals That Leaded Gas Permanently Damaged American Mental Health (scitechdaily.com)

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 days ago (8 children)

Don’t aircraft still use leaded fuel to this day?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

So uh, there was some studying being done at my local university about mapping health issues for residents living closer to airports and.... It ain't too great. :(

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago (3 children)

That's probably related to all the other chemicals they use at airports (eg forever chemicals in fire retardant). 100LL (100 octane low lead) is only used in small piston engines, which is a very small population. They're trying alternatives that don't use lead, but I'm reading that the top contender is eating through paint and possibly gaskets and seals in the plane, which isn't safe either.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, fuels are funny like that, rocket fuel kept dissolving chunks of ground crew for the longest time

[–] Jakeroxs 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I can't tell if this is a joke or legit lmao

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

A bit hyperbolic but seriously, look up hypergolic propellants.

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